The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-16 00:00:00

.. . . ~ . .• . . . . se.Itr)AIR. f,orrnerly Envoy to our Court. lt. was ; *.vhole - of their artillery., . The Irfno t were dtnen. said Ciat this Alinister resided at ~, !he- h e ,- ~.,... . - ~., , . tt- - .. . • Ottoman , bear t‘v.6leagties; and E. AKE had re,Occupied Bil 7 r , te. co - ename• nal) to see the er ';" bi.o authentic:, news ii,fO rms tls t h at M r, k lJoa, where th ere were a cons id era bl e number of '' ti , on- t 2 i oth of September, still at Malt. : the enemy woun d e d an d d y i ng: " -1 /01 de. Poris, Nov. 10.) • 1 , Gli, OCT. 25.—The Diet will speedily) IT has been thi s d ay stated, that a 114 1 6Senger had ~. . . . •‘',- its Stump, otter long discussi ons , from . arrived la s t night from Fra nce , ' but no Messenger ' •-:': I i!, ij. has resulted.An extreme distrust - ‘-•- , in that country, and the 'greatest part bas reached the foreign Office, nor does our Dover •• 7\..Tiiiity are remarkable for a constant oppo- : Letter mention any .sUch arrival. . :. every thing which is contrary to their privi- I thus . they talk of the suppression of the ,!" Hungarian Guard ; and this projea, as is ' known, excites nuinerwus complaints and vio ' pposition. The Count TOLSTOY, who has left !IbassY at P ar i s; h as b een appointed General '• ~! ), e t of the Itt, ' star, Army in Wallachia.' ,'t-'4Ecx, Nov. 2.—Some English Pap ers , rece i ved vaY of Sweden, inform US, that the agents sent itit .lllish. nos Ayies by the Spa n i s h i nsurgents and the ~,,.,:, hate completely 'failed in their mission..-:- Lt! Governor General, LINIERS, sent them back • oh rOtit :.,„,,. lis i f V calr, and gave orders - to fire upon any essels which might make their appear .,,.i..: he at the 4artie tittle made the necessary dis j,,:ons, to repel any attempt that might be made. •!,, E ,;iish.Papers say that an Envoy from King ~..23 , • :d ' n arrived soine days before their. Agents pre i3l, theinsel ves.— (J o urnal 4 l'Ernpire, "Nova 10.) .. , HUN. Nov. L—The following Order has been I,,,f),lshed her e : ; The Gen e r a l of Division, C ount o f the Empire, ~rMtuding _in Berli n , and the Middle Marches, ,i. s" r e t 2 h b lY to . the orders o f hi s E xcellency Mar ,:ii e-Duke of A UERSTADT, informs the Prussian cers that they are at liberty to wear the uniform th e ~t li . Re giments to whi c h t h ey are attached, and , . c'quentl -. ()ked y all a n t er i or or d ers on this subject are ~. • : ch Niarshal hope's that the goo d understanding 'itch, the inhabitants, will not be interrupted, and i r , „,.. !,.:,,, ar , - "v Case it may be. necessary to use severity "s any rnilitaay man. -.....„......2____ (Signed) We have this day to lay before our Readers ati account of one of the most gallant and desperate ataions that has been fought during the course of the War. The Amethyst Frigate, of 36. guns, Captain SEvmout, fell in with the French Frigate the Thetis, Pierced for 44 guns, but mounting ,50, and 436 'men, off L'Ori-ent, on the night of the ugh inst., and immediately brought her to a6tion. The Engagement continued with 'the greatest fury for two hours and ,a half, during which, the Enemy several times attempted to board the Amethyst, but were beat off with great loss. At length the Thetis struck her colours, after having 135 men killed, and 102 wounded. Our loss on', board the imethyst, We are sorry to say, was very considerable. We had' 19 men killed and 51 wounded : among the former was the First Lieutenant of Marines, • and among the latter the Second Lieutenant of the same Corps. No other Officer was killed or wounded...— The Thetis had on board ten thousand barrels of flour, for the relief of Martinique. : The Shamion and the Triumph hove in sight after the a&ion ; the former took the French Frigate in tow for Ply-. mouth. " SAINT HILAIRE Our Plymouth Letter, dated the, 14th inst. gives the following account, of this very gallant Naval Aaiun : ",Arrived here this morning the Cutter belong ing to the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEIMOUR.—She left the latter off the SoUnd, becalmed, with a large French Frigate of 50 guns in company, which she captured on the night of the 10th inst. off L'Orient, after one of the most desperate actions that has been fought during the War. 'lhe French Frigate is La Thetis, of 50 guns, laden with 1000 barrels of flour and a large quan t ity of ordnance stores, from L'Orient, bound to Guadalcupe. She sailed on the evening of the otkinst. and about two hours afterwards fell in with the Amethyst, and the, adion immediately commenced, which lasted upwards of three hours. The Enemy made three attempts to board, but was repulsed each time with severe loss, and at the close of the a&ion b'ad upwards of 237 killed and wound ed ; among the former is the French Captain, who was killed in the first attempt to board. The Ame thyst had in killed . and 5 t wounded ; among the former, is an Officer of Marines, and another Officer is wounded. alv t • ' MAILS. —1 Dublin, 3 Waterfqrd. Dua-1 Gottenburgh, i Malta, 2 Waterford., ___ T • "RICE O____F SOCKS • ' , " c2 lsols T HIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. ...---,--,__________ ' " - 661 1 Uranium - - - I dis. T,l-1 E s U N r a 4°--""DICLKt I , ALSU6I AUDICAT ? LONDON, ''VttktsIESDAY, iIOVEMBER 16, 1 808 _______ ~,,,„. '''II)ItTAIVT lISTTELLIGENCE gaol! SPAIN. • t ' V ßitti we communicated to our Readers the ac- ''ki t s the French Papers of the Viaories obtained '" the Spaniards, weexpressed O ur fi rm conviaion ~, ~ ~ , '' "le accounts were grossly exaggerated, and we nc,,, the satisfaaidn of knowing, that our °pi ' a well founded. The French accounts re (l t1 s:.;•)• if , .. 'L their v ia ory as easy and decisive, and add.. )at the .. Spanish Army Was fl y i ng i n t h e ' ,. `'atest conf 7 usioo ; but we are enabl e d, f r o m th e .'- .ci al details brou g h t by the APNr' to state, that •''se accounts are ..I'! i d j almost in every pa rt i cu l ar f a l se: • 4Plier left St, Ander° on the 11th inst. She -0 'utelagence that a battle took place on the ' t ult. between' t the Fr enc h an d S paniards, which m - the Whole day. The Spaniards, who corn= . . . em the e attack, displayed most uncommon bra- • r y ; h " ' 'ju t from the 'superiority of ntunbers, on the .I,!i•t o', the F renc h , they were ,at length compelled, % 0 - retre at and to . evacuate Bilboa. But so far from -. - 1 • u g le confusion, they retreated in excellent order, li i .a th ~,,,, e -tetleit were so roughly handled, that they 1 '' not ,„„ 'ure to pursue them. On thb following "9's som e 1 ,.. ~,is concentrating SL'lrtnishes took place, while Gen. BLAKE his forces. On the 4th, he again ii. , '' c iced the enemy, and drove them from Valma ',,l3, where they had taken a ere co positiozi. The French napelled to fall back several miles. The SO ' •:rdstook 600 prisoneri, and some cannon. Accounts '''' rea ched St. Andero zi.,. 'that o ur A rmy h a d passed. )......._ gioanca; and that Gen.l`4GOß E had ar r i ve d at Bur ''s It is evident from these official details, that the t: 1, ac counts from Bayonne, of the 4th and Lith .t. \; . t ,.. 't liven in their usual style of exaggeration, ••• -.6, . -i evidently relate to the battle of the 31st ult. t'i•l tertninated as we have already stated. we this morning received a private letter, dated • ii ap , l " I *r, INrov. 12., which, contains the following " Soon after the a&ion the Triumph, of 74 guns, and Shannon Frigate hove in sight;. the latter is now off the Harbour with the French Frigate in tow. The latter is, said to be dreadfully shattered, as well as the Amethyst, whose tnizen-rnast is shot away." We this day lay before our Readers the . Annual Exposition of the State of Frdnce, which &JONA PARTE has, for some time, been in the habit of sub mitting, to the Legislative Body. ,There is, in ge neral', a great similarity between these Expositions . Every thing in the interior of France is represented as being in the most flourishing condition :Abe peo ple are always happy and contented, and penetrated with the deepest sentiments of gratitude 'to the Hero that condescends to reign over them. France, al ways pacific, always• respecting the Rights of her Neighbours, always faithful to her Engagements only seeks for the repose of Europe; while England, the Tyrant of the Oecan,, desires perpetual War, and aims at Universal Power. Such have been, with very little variation, the great outlines of the different Exposition's which have been presented to the 'Legis lative BUdy. In the one now before us, there is very little novelty, and very little that is interesting. It acknowledges the very great commercial privations which France has suffered, but they are falsely attri buted to the British Orders in Council; whereas it must be known, even in France, 'that the mea sures adopted by the British Government were the necessary consequences of BUONAFARTE'S famous Berlin Decree. In speaking of Spain, much mis representation and invective was naturally to be ex . pe6led. England is accused of being the cause of the insurreaionin Spain, and the Spaniards are warned, in very pathetic terms, not to place any confidence in our professions of friendship, and at the same time 'are earnestly exhorted to confide in the paternal 'l , ,ininess of BooAPAivra. In speaking of this Country, we do !rot, however, find any expressions of contempt. We arc no longer represented'as be ing unable to cope single-handed with France ; on the contrary, it is said that we are aiming at univer sal power, and, our force is represented to be so for midable, that is re.qUires a confederacy of all fue l Continental States to resist it. The ,threat of in vasion is again held out, and 100,000 men, that were in the Prussian dominions., have been ordered nto 4otilogne. , 1 c i e : " accounts from Bilboa were disagreeable 'llartnill, but official information has quite dis- ::.Ited all oar aivrebensians. The French have had ""Iler strong proof of Spanish Valour Military ' ;11, in what they have reeen'tly 5.11A -erect under the 'ant BLAKE, who 11F. killed, wouuded, and taken ''tiers, about '3OOO. Ile has also, taken, 400 'es. which are very desirable, and almost tht-- SECOND EDITION'. suA-OFFIa THREE O'CLOCE, P. " • . We stop the Press to lay before our ileaders the following official details of the irnportani events . . which have taken plice in Spain : Government have received Dispatches from St. Andero, dated the 7th November, which state that the French having received considerable rein- fOrcements, attacked the dalliCiati Army, under General BLAKE, on the 31st of ()Lather, ih theii• positions; about a teague frOm Savareosa: The at- tack corutnenced at :six o'clock in the morning, un der cover of a thick fog, and lasted till three in the af- ternoon, when the Spaniards, after a most obstinately contested engagement, in which they had to contend with numbers *greatly superior, and a formidable artillery, being destitute themselves of that species of force, were obliged to retire. They effected their retreat in excellent order to Bilboa, with a 'view to a further retirement on Valm' aseda. The Enemy's force was computed at 25,000 men, that o►` General BLARE at 17,000. The bravery and steadiness of the Spanish troops are mentioned in the highest terms. In the course of eight hours most obstinate and incessant fighting, the Enemy never gained more than a quarter of a league. Subsequent Letters, dated St. Andero, the i t th, state, that General BLAKE, finding the French were advancing beyond Valmaseda, with a view to cut off one of his divisions, advanced upon their army near Valmaseda and Oronteas, on the 4th of November, and after a vigorous and obstinate aEti n, Which lasted from one' o'clock in the day till dark, he defeated the Freneb, and drove them from Valma- seda, with loss, taking one howitzer, much ammu- nition, two provision waggons, and some prisoners General BLAKE was concentrating his army, and moving his head-quarters to Reynosa. The Marquis DE LA RONIANA had arrived at St. Auden), to take the command of the Northern Army. NAVAL NE W PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 15.—Arrived his Majesty's Ships, Jupiter,• Capt. BAKER,; Nide; Capt. J. W. LOIIING ; StiltirdMiS, Capt. W. GRANGEF, from the Coast 'of Spain ; also the Hardy, Lieut . J: BUTTON ; and . the .dlpliea Cutter, from a cruizq; Speedy., BAZIN, from Guernsey; Lively, WEEKS, from Ha vre-de-Grace ; Lady Howe, SPRAGGS, from Water ford ; and the Two Sisters, ADAMS, from Neith. A rumour is prevalent here, said to have been brought by the above ships of war, that an engage ment has taken place between General 'BLAKE'S Ar my and' the French ; the latter were 15,000 strong, the Spaniards only 8,000, who suffered a defeat, with the Ross of 3,000 killed. We do not know what credit is to be attached to this news, but merely state it as the prevailing report. YARMOUTH, Nov, 15.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships Princess Caroline, Censor, and Utile. Mr. MERRY embarked on board the Alexandria Frigate under a salute of 13 guns. Sailed the Calypso. DEAL, Nov, 15.—Afrived his Majesty's Ships Stately, from the Westward, Clyde, from a cruize, and the _Various, from Portsmouth, with a convoy, which are sailed for the River. Also a Fleet of Transports,' which remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last; and several outward-bound Ves sels front the River. Put back the outward-bound, &c. which sailed yesterday. We this, day received . Spanith Papers, the contents of which will be found in a subsequent cohawn.. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So rn lA, AUGUSTA, and Am ELIA, accompanied by Lady CRANLEY, 'Lord WALSINGIIAM, Count MUNSTER, Generals CALVRItT, FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR : rode in - the Great Park, and returned at twelve, Af terwards the PRINGESSCS took a ride in Windsor Little Park accompanied by Lord. WALSENOkAM, C(11011e1 TAYLOR, and Lady CRANLEY, to see the keepers foil the deer. Above orre hundred and forty thousand uniforms, or materials for clothing that number of men, have been already sent, from this country for the use of the Patriots ; but of shoes they are st;11 in gteat want. Thirty: thousand tons of potatoes are shipping:at Liveipool i for- Corunna acid St, Andercr, St 4iViSf PA CEPS. CORU/INA, is confidently said here that 60 or 70,000 men were on their marsh to re inforce NE 'S army, Which they were to reach by the 16th instant. SARAGOSSA, OCT. i's.—The enemy having a con ; siderable force at the distance of thirty leagues from this city, it was easy for him to put those' troops ins motion. With the same celerity. he Commenced • .t the siege; with O ut l eav i ng it in the power of Oar General effectually to defend all the pnints of at tack, and make -the necessary preparations of fence in the time which intervened. between the , period when, by the, glorious defence of the city, . the, enemy Was compelled to raise the siege; and . . the regular enlistment of, its inhabitants; Which has proceeded with such praise -worthy e6ti vity and Zeal. His Excellency the Commander in Chief has, however, reinoved all the obsta cles which seemed ;Insurmountable, .and put thiS city into a most respe6table state of: defence.-- The garrison being. commanded by Don ANToNA. . . ST. GRR iEs , Colonel of Engineers, in whom consum mate knowledge and long experience are united, with that OrICOMIIIO2I aeti'ity and zeal which he displayed during the memorable siegeof this city. A line of de fencehas,been formed,which extends from t he coneen t of the bare-footed TrinitarioS to the bridge of Huersa, and consists in a brick -cyan, ten feet high, and six teen feet thick, ftirnished With the necessary ditch;, and a fatuous curtain, which runs from the said con vent to the Ulpargatoros Office. This line is extremely well conceived, in order to 'keep the enemy at a distance from' the Gate del Carmen, which is one of the points Most frequently attacked , by the enemy, an d during the siege mast gallantly defended by Colonel D. PEDRO HERMANDEZ.•••, The Bridge-head of Hueron is fortified by a kind of pentagon; with embrasures for eight nuns. Froth this point the line of defence is stretched to Hueron salt-works, formed in the same manner as the other part above-mentioned. The weak points of this , part, and especially the ToWer of Pino, by which the French really forced their way into the town, but. were afterwards repulsed and put to Hight by Colo- ; nel D. MARIANO DE RENOVALEi; Who put himself at the head of the inhabitants of the parish 'of St. Michael and Magdalen, and attacked and conqetely. • routed the French,' who attempted to penetrate through the street of Caio Sun-gate, on which. oc casion MANI* AHRAREZ, a iam,urer, killed, a (.:4e. , neral 'of Division, and carried oft sword 'as a trophy.—(Coi•unfia Diary ) ' cf "Vai.;. CORGISINA, Oc'r. 31.—A Courier has jut arrived - from BLAKE'S. army, :Various. and exaggerated , re ports are in cirenlation. Some say the French have been defeated 'with the loss-of 30QG Ten ; others, that the Courier only brings intelligence of the French cavalry which threatened Burgos having been driven back by a division of BLAKE'S army. The [oss on either side is frilling. The Troops commenced their march on Friday morning : to-day others followed, and to-morrow the remainder of the Guards; and, two otlierregiments, proceed aftertthem. Some fake the route of . Luga, others that of Santiago. There is a report that the French have entered.Burgas; bit it is not believed; they must previously have beaten BLAKE, of which we have no account. Advices from Rio .de In Plata, according to au 7 theritic Letters from Buenos Ayres, of the 3d of June : The Count DE LINIERS, brother of the present Iriceroy of Buenos Ayres, escaped from LisbOn, as by a miracle, and after having made his passage on board a merchant-vessel, under the Portuguese name of ENRIQUE JOSEF OOVERNA, and in qualit of the clerk of the said vessel, arrived at Rio Janeiro, and there continuing the same secresy, even obtained, under the same name, a passport to Buenos Ayres.— The retirement in which he lived caused him to re main unknown till the i sth of March last, when having been seen by several Spaniards, the secret was divulged, and came to the knowledge of h'S Royal Highness. The Prince spoke of it to Don Itornico DE SOUSA COUTINO, his Minister at War and for FOreign AfFairs. This Miniker, who had known the. Count for ten yens before, and had • always manifested the_ greatest friendship for him while in Lisbon, avured his Sovereign that he Might , serve him with effe& in any political afrair,relative to the .Spnnish Colonies of the Rio . 'de la Plata. He was in consequence sought for by the Criminal Judge, and conducted by that Magistrate to the house, of the. Minister, who gave him the politest reception possible, and treated him with the utmost attention. To be continued.] Corm:2XCITANGU, fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day are few, and the supply at hind inconsiderable, but sales are extremely heavy, 'and do 'not support last - prices Barley and Malt like ; wise, excepting prime Samples; White Pease this' week are , cheaper; Ryeand Rape ,Seed rather dear er; J eans of both sorts are dull sale; Oats are again very short, abd at farther advance; Fiortr at our List currency. tiog 31 15 ;he le ir vO' tbd Vclis o c° .cp t I